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Smith earns Dyson Baltimore pole
September 2nd, 2011
Guy Smith earned Dyson Racing pole position for ALMS’ inaugural race at Baltimore, edging out the sister Lola-Mazda of Steven Kane by just over 0.1s.
Smith had held top spot from his opening lap, but as grip levels improved Kane looked like he may have stolen pole, moving 0.015s clear with just one minute remaining.
Smith was on his own flyer however and almost immediately reclaimed top spot, dipping into the 1m27s bracket to settle the issue.
Life was made easier for Dyson Racing as the Muscle Milk Lola-Aston Martin of Klaus Graf and Romain Dumas was unable to take part in the session due to an electrical loom problem suffered in practice.
There was a similarly dramatic finish in the LMPC class as the No.06 Oreca of Gunnar Jeanette traded times with the No.37 of Kyle Marcelli.
Jeanette ultimately claimed the LMPC pole, but was made to sweat as Marcelli had one last flyer as the chequered flag fell – eventually finishing just 0.4s shy.
Elton Julian may also have featured in the pole battle, but collided with the tyre barriers with eight minutes to go. The resulting damage caused a short red flag period, and dropped Julian down to third overall.
Dirk Werner meanwhile secured pole position for the No.55 BMW M3 GT in what was an acrimonious GT qualifying.
Patrick Long in the No.45 Porsche 911 clashed in the final minutes with Jaime Melo in the No.62 Risi Ferrari after complaining of being held up on a flying lap.
Long, who also had a dispute with Jan Magnussen in the No.4 Chevrolet Corvette, tapped Melo through the opening set of corners, delaminating the Ferrari’s rear tyre and causing Melo to abandon his car on circuit.
Long was black-flagged but looks set to keep third, with Magnussen just missing out on a first pole of 2011 for Chevrolet in second.
Melo finished sixth fastest, behind the second No.56 BMW of Joey Hand and the No.3 Corvette of Tommy Milner.
In GTC, an inspired piece of quick thinking helped Jeroen Bleekemolen take pole for the No.54 Black Swan Porsche.
Bleekemolen had lost a wheel as he pulled into a run-off zone early on in the session, but he got out the car, picked up the wheel and put it in the passenger side, before belting himself back in and returning to the pits.
With all tyres marked, the team were able to reattach the wheel and get Bleekemolen back on track. He duly secured pole by more than 0.3s.
Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time
01. P1 Dyson/Smith Dyson Lola-Mazda 1m27.750s
02. P1 Al Masaood/Kane Dyson Lola-Mazda 1m27.896s
03. PC Jeannette/Gonzalez CORE FLM 1m29.407s
04. PC Nicolosi/Boon/Marcelli Performance Tech FLM 1m29.473s
05. PC Lux/Zugel/Julian Genoa FLM 1m30.407s
06. GT Auberlen/Werner BMW 1m31.362s
07. GT Gavin/Magnussen Corvette 1m31.950s
08. GT Bergmeister/Long Flying Lizard Porsche 1m31.992s
09. GT Muller/Hand BMW 1m32.010s
10. GT Beretta/Milner Corvette 1m32.224s
11. P1 Burgess/McMurry/Lewis Autocon Lola-AER 1m32.587s
12. GT Melo/Vilander Risi Ferrari 1m32.699s
13. GT Henzler/Sellers Falken Porsche 1m32.772s
14. PC Bennett/Montecalvo CORE FLM 1m32.983s
15. PC Dobson/Lewis PR1 Mathiasen FLM 1m33.051s
16. GT Law/Neiman Flying Lizard Porsche 1m33.964s
17. GT Sharp/van Overbeek Extreme Speed Ferrari 1m34.151s
18. GT Junqueira/Wilden RSR Jaguar 1m34.360s
19. GT Miller/Maassen Miller Porsche 1m34.609s
20. GT Jones/Moran RSR Jaguar 1m35.911s
21. PC Nicolosi/Boon Performance Tech 1m36.046s
22. GTC Pappas/Bleekemolen Black Swan Porsche 1m36.794s
23. GTC Keen/Sweedler Alex Job Porsche 1m37.160s
24. PC Marcelli/Ducote/Ducote Intersport FLM 1m37.569s
25. GTC Davis/LeSaffre Black Swan Porsche 1m37.917s
26. GT Brown/Cosmo Extreme Speed Ferrari 1m38.674s
27. GTC von Moltke/di Guida TRG Porsche 1m41.131s
28. GTC Potter/Stanton Magnus Racing Porsche 1m41.462s
Tags: alms, black, chevrolet, corvette, dyson-racing, ferrari, flying, gunnar-jeanette, lizard-porsche, LMPC, opening, session, sister